Focus Area #1: Connected and Automated Vehicles

• Developing technologies and algorithms for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-grid interactions
• Leveraging high performance computing, data science, and advanced sensors and communications protocols
• Enabling smart routing
• Alleviating congestion
• Improving safety
• Increasing the efficiency of the entire transportation system

Focus Area #2: Electric vehicles

• Advancing wireless charging technologies
• Charging vehicles on the go
• Automating the charging process
• Sharing energy back and forth between vehicles, buildings, and the grid
• Maximizing energy savings and convenience

Focus Area #3: Cybersecurity

Developing new systems and technologies that:

• Validate the trustworthiness of messages from vehicles and the infrastructure
• Address identity and privacy needs
• Explore best paths to   provide the computing   power necessary in a connected world

Focus Area #4: Freight efficiency

Exploring new paradigms in freight transport, including:

• Hybrid electric heavy-duty powertrains
• Truck platooning technologies
• Automated multimodal freight delivery
• Unmanned aerial systems

Focus Area #5: Multimodal commuting

•  Facilitating mode shifting
•  Optimize energy efficiency and convenience in passenger commutes
•  Developing smart technologies that increase connectivity between various forms of transportation